37.1% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Watersleigh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Watersleigh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 37.1% of people in Watersleigh volunteer their time, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This high level of community involvement is matched by a very strong tendency to provide unpaid care for others in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than across the state, with 37.1% of residents helping out compared to 13.0% in New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in the area, as 42.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%, alongside a much higher rate of people providing unpaid care for others at 17.1%.
17.1% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.0% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
42.9% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national average of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Watersleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14202/watersleigh/topic/community